Tagged: James

Finally there is proof (story link in title) that having a good network of friends can increase your survival chances by up to 50% So I was right all along that my fabulous network of friends is keeping me alive (as well as happy…and inspired). It is a significant study, having studied 300,000 people in 4 continents over 7 years. Though it does state that having few friends is as damaging to survival as smoking 15 cigarettes or being an alcoholic. So does having lots of fantastic friends, and drinking lots with them every week cancel out each other? So …

Today I am going to experience one of those days which makes me out to be a man, rather than a woman. For it is the day that I begrudgingly have to wear a new pair of shoes. For a woman, it seems that getting a new pair of shoes is like the thing that they have strived all their life to achieve, it is like a magical moment, like when as a child you went to EuroDisney – or so it seems to me. For me, however, it is the day when I finally accept that my trusted shoes …